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The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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Catalogue entry
FWN 549
Le Jardinier Vallier
1906
Alternate titles: Bildnis des Gärtners Vallier; Bildnis Vallier; Portrait de Vallier; Portrait du jardinier Vallier; The artist's gardener, Vallier
Rewald (954): 1906; Venturi revised: 1906; Venturi (718): 1906; Rivière: 1906; Gowing: 1906 (Burlington); Reff: 1906 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, and Paul Rosenberg, Paris (Feb. 16, 1931)
Mr. and Mrs.T. Edward Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania (Nov. 30, 1938)
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Block, Chicago (Sept. 7, 1945)
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, and Marlborough Galleries, London
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Goulandris, Lausanne
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 56, as Bildnis des Gärtners Vallier, c. 1905, lent by Private collection.1939a Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 35, ill., as Portrait de Vallier, 1906, lent by P. L.1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 23, (dated 1906), lent by P.L.1944 Portland
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Eight Masterpieces of Painting, 1944.1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 68, ill. lent by Block.1950 Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Art of Cézanne, January 7–February 5, 1950, as Portrait de Vallier, lent by Block.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 127, ill. lent by Block. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1957b New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, Masterpieces Recalled, February 6–March 2, 1957, no. 20.1967 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 100 European Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, May 4–June 11, 1967, no. 9, ill., as The artist's gardener, Vallier, 1906. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, September 21–November 2, 1967.1968 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, One Hundred European Paintings & Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, February 2–April 14, 1968, no. 11, ill.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 35. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 15, ill.1983 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 31, ill., as Le Jardinier Vallier, lent by Private collection.1984 Lausanne
Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, L'Impressionnisme dans les collections romandes, June 17–October 21, 1984, no. 107.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 69, ill.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 26.3, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 225, listed, as Portrait de Vallier.Venturi 1935b
Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 405, fig. 24.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 718, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Vallier.Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 92.Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 55, as Portrait du jardinier Vallier.Brunon-Guardia 1939
Brunon-Guardia, G.[eorges]. "Lettres et Arts: L’œuvre de Paul Cézanne en un merveilleux raccourci." L'Intransigeant (Paris), February 25, 1939, ill. p. 2, as Portrait du jardinier Vallier.Raynal 1939
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. London: A. Zwemmer, 1939, ill.Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 104.Ragghianti 1944
Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico. L'Impressionismo. Turin: Chiantore, 1944, pl. 49.Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 69.Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 85, as Portrait du jardinier Vallier, 1906.Ragghianti 1947
Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico. L'Impressionismo. Turin: Chiantore, 1947, pl. LII.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 160, listed p. 173.Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 27.Novotny 1950
Novotny, Fritz. "Cézanne als Zeichner." Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte 14 (1950), pp. 232, 236, fig. 120.Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 126–27, ill.Schapiro 1952b
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, p. 112, ill.Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 112, ill.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], pp. 331-332.Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pl. 36.Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 56.Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 140.Novotny 1968
Novotny, Fritz. Über das "Elementare" in der Kunstgeschichte und andere Aufsätze. Vienna: Verlag Brüder Rosenbaum, 1968, pp. 84, 87, fig. 51 p. 170.Badt 1971
Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 35, ill.Elderfield 1971
Elderfield, John. "Drawing in Cézanne." Artforum 9, no. 10 (June 1971), p. 52, ill.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 48, with comments.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 127.Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 66.Weber 1976
Weber, Jürgen. Gestalt, Bewegung, Farbe: Kunst und anschauliches Denken. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1976, p. 199, fig. 336, as Bildnis Vallier.Rewald 1977a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Final Decade." Horizon (October 1977), p. 44, ill.Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 26.Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 68.Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 263, ill.Uchida 1987
Uchida, Sono. "Portrait of Vallier." Nippon-keizi shimbun (January 1987), p. 1, ill.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 170, ill.Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 76, ill. in color.Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 24, ill.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 515, fig. 2.Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 145, ill.Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 954, ill. vol. 2, as Le Jardinier Vallier.Tuma 2002
Tuma, Kathryn A. "Cézanne and Lucretius at the Red Rock." Representations vol. 78, no. 1 (Spring 2002), p. 79, fig. 6.Pissarro 2005
Pissarro, Joachim. Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–85. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p.49, fig. 41.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 380; vol. 2, p. 239, as Le Jardinier Vallier.Machotka 2011b
Machotka, Pavel. "I ritratti di Cézanne: il volto umano della grande pitura." In Cézanne: les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 92, fig. 58.Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 384, ill.Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz 2013
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Picasso und seine Zeit: Die Sammlung Berggruen. Berlin: Nicolai, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, ill.Related
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Jardinier Vallier, 1906 (FWN 549)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=927 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
